A One-Man Tusk Force ; Author and Adventurer David Lemon, Who has Spent Much of His Life in Gloucestershire but Was Brought Up in Africa, Explains How His Love of Elephants Helps Spur Him On

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HOBO David Lemon Grosvenor House Publishing Pounds 8.95 A writer's life can be difficult, but there are times when it gives one a sense of huge satisfaction. Over the past few years, I have been able to combine a love for elephants with the joys of adventure, and by writing about my adventures, I find myself doing a great deal of good for elephants. That can't be bad, can it? Brought up in some of the remoter parts of Zimbabwe, I first came to this country in 1963, set on becoming a teacher. Circumstances intervened, so I became a policeman, and in that capacity there were few nicer places to work than the Stroud Valley.

Decades later, I am still there, although I return to Africa on a regular basis.

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A One-Man Tusk Force ; Author and Adventurer David Lemon, Who has Spent Much of His Life in Gloucestershire but Was Brought Up in Africa, Explains How His Love of Elephants Helps Spur Him On

I suppose it was inevitable that I would become a writer, particularly as my life has always been an exciting one. At school I sold scurrilous limericks and charact...

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